The Latin Grammy Award for Best Tango Album is an honor presented annually at the Latin Grammy Awards, a ceremony that recognizes excellence and creates a wider awareness of cultural diversity and contributions of Latin recording artists in the United States and internationally. It was first presented in 2000 at the 1st Annual Latin Grammy Awards.
The description of the category at the 2020 Latin Grammy Awards states that it is "for vocal or instrumental albums that contain at least 51% of total play time recorded with new material or material by traditional authors. Fusions with other musical genres will be eligible, provided that the Tango genre is substantially maintained in the judgement of the Ad Hoc committee."
Spanish singer Diego el Cigala and Argentine group Quinteto Astor Piazzolla are the only artist to receive the award more than once with two wins each. Argentine musicians Rodolfo Mederos and Leopoldo Federico hold the record of most nominations in the category with six each.
Recipients
Year Performing artist(s) Work Nominees Ref.2000Lito Vitale and Juan Carlos Baglietto Postales del Alma2001Carlos Franzetti Tango Fatal2002Sérgio & Odair Assad Sérgio & Odair Assad Play Piazzolla2003Sexteto Mayor Homenaje a Piazzolla2004Gerardo Gandini Postangos en Vivo en Rosario2005Pablo Ziegler, Quique Sinesi and Walter Castro Bajo Cero2006 Various Artists Gustavo Santaolalla & Gustavo Mozzi, producers Café de Los Maestros2007 Raul Jaurena Te Amo Tango2008 Various Artists Andrés Mayo, producer Buenos Aires, Días y Noches de Tango2009 Leopoldo Federico Mi Fueye Querido2010 Aida Cuevas De Corazón a Corazón Mariachi Tango2011 Diego El Cigala Cigala & Tango2012 Arturo Sandoval Tango Como Yo Te Siento2013 Diego El Cigala Romance de la Luna Tucumana2014 Rubén Blades Tangos2015 Orquesta del Tango de Buenos Aires Homenaje A Astor Piazzolla 2016 Nicolás Ledesma y Su Orquesta Cuando Llora la Milonga2017 Fernando Otero Solo Buenos Aires2018 Pedro Giraudo Vigor Tanguero2019 Quinteto Astor Piazzolla Revolucionario2020 Gustavo Casenave Quartet Fuelle y Cuerda 2021 Tinto Tango Tinto Tango Plays Piazzolla 2022 Pablo Estigarribia Horacio Salgán Piano Transcriptions 2023 Quinteto Astor Piazzolla Operation Tango 2024 Diego Schissi Quinteto Apiazolado 2025 Tanghetto En Vivo 20 Años
See also
Tango music
References
External links Official website of the Latin Grammy Awards